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The Kent coastal town of Folkestone lies at the foot of the North
Downs, with France visible across the Strait of Dover. The town
developed around the harbour built in the nineteenth century, both
as a resort and a port for cross-Channel ferries. Hotels, theatres
and a pier were built in this era to attract fashionable visitors,
but in the twentieth century a wider range of incomers settled in
the town. Folkestone was at the front line in two world wars and
today its links with London and Continental Europe, via the M20
motorway, fast rail links and the Channel Tunnel, have seen further
massive changes in the town. Lost Folkestone presents a portrait of
a town from Victorian times to recent decades that has radically
changed or disappeared today, showing not only the industries and
buildings that have gone but also the people and street scenes,
many popular places of entertainment and much more. This
fascinating photographic history of lost Folkestone will appeal to
all those who live in the town or know it well, as well as those
who remember it from previous decades.
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